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Campus & Community

Call for SU Honorary Degree nominations deadline extended to Oct. 17

Thursday, October 4, 2012, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees invites all students, faculty, staff and alumni to nominate candidates to receive honorary degrees at the 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 Commencement ceremonies. Deadline for all nominations is Oct. 17, 2012. Persons…

Remembering Bassel

Thursday, October 4, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Shortly before his death in his homeland of Syria last May, graduate film student Bassel Shahade was thinking of his friends back at SU. “The last e-mail I have from him was on May 21st,” says College of Visual and Performing Arts film professor Owen Shapiro. “He wrote ‘Say hi to everyone there. I will try to stay alive. Hoping to see you soon.’”

Media, Law & Policy

Prof. Grant Reeher on the presidential debate: Game on!

Thursday, October 4, 2012, By News Staff

Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute in the Maxwell School, shared his reaction to the first presidential debate held Wednesday, Oct. 3, in Denver: The bottom line from the debate is Game…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, October 3

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE New York Times and Post-Standard reports on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent visit to the area noted Syracuse University Chancellor Cantor accompanied him on the tour of public and private economic development projects including the Connective…

Study on self-healing curved crystals published in ‘Nature Materials’

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, By News Staff

In a paper just published in Nature Materials, a team of researchers including Syracuse University physicist Mark Bowick has succeeded in creating a defect in the structure of a single-layer crystal by inserting an extra particle, and then watching as the crystal “heals” itself.

Campus & Community

Call for programs:Third Annual Values Academy for Culturally Based Fraternities and Sororities

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, By News Staff

The third annual Values Academy conference, hosted by Syracuse University’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs will take place Nov. 16-17 on the campus of Syracuse University. This one-and-a-half day event will offer specific training and education for students and…

SUstainable CommuNitY Film Series presents ‘Blue Gold’ on Oct. 4

Tuesday, October 2, 2012, By News Staff

The world’s fresh water supply is becoming scarce as we pollute and waste one of our most precious and limited resources. This scary and intriguing scene sets the stage for the second movie in the SUstainable CommuNitY Film Series. The…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, October 1

Monday, October 1, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE A Kalamazoo Gazette preview of the upcoming TEDxKalamazoo event in October notes William Ward, professor of practice in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, will make a presentation there. Statistics from Syracuse University’s Transactional…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Zeke Leonard honored with Continuum + Arthur Pulos Award for innovation in interdisciplinary design education

Monday, October 1, 2012, By Erica Blust

Zeke Leonard, an assistant professor of environmental and interior design in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), is the recipient of the 2012 Continuum + Arthur Pulos Award, which recognizes innovation in interdisciplinary design education at SU….

New children’s book marks second publication for SU daycare staff members

Monday, October 1, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A children’s book by staff members at Syracuse University’s Early Education and Child Care Center (EECCC) is already charming young readers in Central New York.